TS vs MEC vs LXFR Stock Comparison

Tenaris, Mayville Engineering Company and Luxfer Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TS Tenaris Sa
$60.32 +8.7% 1M +62.5% 1Y
Market cap
$64.66B
P/E
33.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.04B
Div. yield
2.95%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
11 wins
LXFR Luxfer Holdings Plc
$17.27 +0.1% 1M +28.9% 1Y
Market cap
$462.13M
P/E
57.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$363.20M
Div. yield
2.26%
Metal Fabrication Industrials

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Tenaris leads on 11 of the 12 questions below (Tenaris 11, Mayville Engineering Company 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSMECLXFRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $64.66B $351.90M $462.13M TS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.3x -18.2x 57.7x TS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 57.5x 17.4x TS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +11.8% -10.6% MEC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% -3.0% 2.2% TS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% -1.8% 4.6% TS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 3.9x 1.4x TS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.95% — 2.26% TS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +62.5% -16.4% +28.9% TS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.7%/yr -5.1%/yr -3.0%/yr TS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.0% 54.8% 33.2% TS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 28/100 50/100 TS

Percentile Scorecard

TSMECLXFR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisTSMECLXFR
Valuation 40 #122 of 203 48 #107 of 203 58 #85 of 203
Growth 17 #156 of 188 11 #168 of 188 16 #159 of 188
Profitability 82 #34 of 183 23 #141 of 183 39 #113 of 183
Financial Health 99 #4 of 217 31 #150 of 217 59 #90 of 217
Shareholder Returns 53 #72 of 153 – 81 #30 of 153
Overall 58 28 50
  • TS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MEC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LXFR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodTSMECLXFRSPY
1 month +8.7%-19.7%+0.1% -0.2%
3 months +8.4%-50.3%+1.1% +3.9%
6 months -4.5%-37.0%+29.9% +8.2%
Year to date +56.9%-26.3%+27.6% +12.9%
1 year +62.5%-16.4%+28.9% +12.3%
3 years +92.0%+28.6%+102.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +24.3%+8.8%+26.4% +23.3%
5 years +167.0%-23.2%-13.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +21.7%-5.1%-3.0% +10.9%
10 years +109.1%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +7.7%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureTSMECLXFRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.0%54.8%33.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.4%53.1%39.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.331.570.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.16-0.300.87 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.7%-66.7%-67.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.8%-63.2%-9.5% -1.2%
52-week high $64.02$37.54$19.08 $779.14
52-week low $37.11$12.73$11.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleTSMECLXFR
P/E now vs peer median 33.3xmedian 25.2x -18.2xmedian 25.2x 57.7xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 1.9x 0.6xmedian 1.9x 1.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 14.0x 15.1xmedian 14.0x 15.5xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.2xmedian 21.7x -77.0xmedian 21.7x 27.5xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.3x 1.1xmedian 2.3x 2.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.32 0.38median 1.32 -2.97median 1.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsTSMECLXFR
Revenue $12.04B $586.34M $363.20M
Gross profit $4.08B $53.52M $90.20M
Operating income $2.23B -$12.80M $22.70M
Net income $1.97B -$17.30M $8.00M
Free cash flow $2.78B -$4.57M $16.80M
R&D – – $5.10M
EPS (diluted) – $-0.76 $0.29
Cash & equivalents $9.02B $2.20M $11.50M
Total debt $1.27B $752.49M –
Shares (diluted) – 22.77M 27.22M
Enterprise value $35.96B $344.92M $421.53M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricTSMECLXFR
P/E 33.3x -18.2x 57.7x
P/FCF 23.2x -77.0x 27.5x
P/Operating cash flow 28.9x 25.3x 17.8x
P/S 5.4x 0.6x 1.3x
P/B 3.8x 1.1x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 3.8x 1.6x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA 19.6x 15.1x 15.5x
EV/EBIT 25.1x -37.1x 22.4x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 0.8x 1.4x
EV/FCF 20.1x -104.0x 30.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.0x 34.1x 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.38 -2.97

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSMECLXFR
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 11.8% -10.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -6.7% 2.4% -5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.7% -5.8% -1.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.9% -4.2% -0.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.0% -142.1% -33.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.6% -37.8% -14.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.3% -196.8% -67.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.8% -49.1% -19.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – -188.0% -67.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -47.4% -19.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% -82.4% -42.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.6% -23.3% 6.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -13.2% -106.7% -52.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.8% 16.0% 14.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSMECLXFR
Gross margin 33.9% 9.1% 24.8%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 5.4% 9.0%
Operating margin 18.5% -2.2% 6.3%
Pretax margin 20.5% -4.7% 5.4%
Net margin 15.9% -3.0% 2.2%
FCF margin 23.1% -0.8% 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin 18.6% 2.4% 7.2%
Return on equity 11.4% -6.2% 3.6%
Return on assets 9.7% -3.0% 2.0%
Return on invested capital 12.7% -1.8% 4.6%
Return on capital employed 11.0% -2.6% 7.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.8x 3.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSMECLXFR
Debt / assets 1.5% 21.4% 15.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.1x 3.9x 1.4x
Debt / FCF 0.1x -27.5x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 15.2% 44.7% 42.8%
Equity / assets 84.8% 55.3% 57.2%
Interest coverage 45.4x -0.9x 7.3x
Current ratio – 1.7x 2.3x
Quick ratio 70.8x 0.9x 1.0x
Cash ratio 58.2x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 1.96 3.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSMECLXFR
Dividend yield 3.0% – 2.3%
Net buyback yield -1.5% – 0.7%
Shareholder yield 1.4% – 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusTSMECLXFR
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 57.5xFY2026 17.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.97FY2026 $0.24FY2026 $0.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.5%FY2026 -22.6%FY2026 -10.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.5% +354.2% +41.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.99BFY2026 $666.72MFY2026 $386.72MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.4%FY2026 +22.0%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.1% +4.5% +2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSMECLXFR
Held by institutions 3.6% 83.1% 91.6%
Institutions holding 283 156 136
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.4% +47.1% -1.6%
Institutions buying 154 98 76
Institutions selling 78 40 41
Buyers to sellers 1.97 2.45 1.85

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

TSMECLXFR
TS 1.00 0.15 0.13
MEC 0.15 1.00 0.30
LXFR 0.13 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TS, MEC and LXFR?

Tenaris (TS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tenaris (TS) $64.66B, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) $351.90M, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) $462.13M.

Which stock is cheaper, TS, MEC and LXFR?

Tenaris (TS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tenaris (TS) 33.3x, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -18.2x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 57.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tenaris (TS) is cheapest (Tenaris (TS) 15.2x, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) 57.5x, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 17.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tenaris (TS) +2.3%, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) +11.8%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -10.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest net margin (Tenaris (TS) 15.9%, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -3.0%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 2.2%). On return on invested capital, Tenaris (TS) leads (Tenaris (TS) 12.7%, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -1.8%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 4.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tenaris (TS) returned the most: Tenaris (TS) +62.5%, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -16.4%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) +28.9%. Over five years, Tenaris (TS) compounded fastest (Tenaris (TS) +21.7%/yr, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) -5.1%/yr, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Tenaris (TS) has the highest dividend yield: Tenaris (TS) 2.95%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 2.26%. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenaris (TS) has been the steadiest (Tenaris (TS) 29.0%, Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) 54.8%, Luxfer Holdings (LXFR) 33.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TS, MEC and LXFR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tenaris (TS) leads on 11. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.